(e)(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of this section or Code to the contrary, any person
who is a prohibited person as described in this section and who knowingly
possesses, purchases, owns or controls a firearm or destructive weapon while so
prohibited shall receive a minimum sentence of:

a. OneTwoyears at Level V, if the person has previously been convicted of a
violent felony;

b. ThreeFour
years at Level V, if the person does so within 10 years of the date of
conviction for any violent felony or the date of termination of all periods of
incarceration or confinement imposed pursuant to said conviction, whichever is
the later date; or

c. FiveSeven
years at Level V, if the person has been convicted on 2 or more separate
occasions of any violent felony.

(2) Any person
who is a prohibited person as described in this section because of a conviction
for a violent felony and who, while in possession or control of a firearm in
violation of this section, negligently causes serious physical injury to or the
death of another person through the use of such firearm, shall be guilty of a
class B felony and shall receive a minimum sentence of:

a. FourSix
years at Level V; or

b. SixEight
years at Level V, if the person causes such injury or death within 10 years of
the date of conviction for any violent felony or the date of termination of all
periods of incarceration or confinement imposed pursuant to said conviction,
whichever is the later date; or

c. TenFifteen
years at Level V, if the person has been convicted on 2 or more separate
occasions of any violent felony.

d. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be deemed to be a related or included offense of any other
provision of this Code. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to preclude
prosecution or sentencing under any other provision of this Code nor shall this
paragraph be deemed to repeal any other provision of this Code.

(3) Any
sentence imposed pursuant to this subsection shall not be subject to the
provisions of § 4215 of this title. For the purposes of this subsection,
"violent felony" means any felony so designated by § 4201(c) of this
title, or any offense set forth under the laws of the United States, any other
state or any territory of the United States which is the same as or equivalent
to any of the offenses designated as a violent felony by § 4201(c) of this
title.

(4) Any
sentence imposed for a violation of this subsection shall not be subject to
suspension and no person convicted for a violation of this subsection shall be
eligible for good time, parole or probation during the period of the sentence
imposed.

SYNOPSIS

This Act
increases certain minimum sentences required for the use of firearms by
persons prohibited.